Lego City Printmaking

 

Description: For this project we learned about printmaking. We used Legos to create our own city. I learned how difficult printmaking can be. The biggest challenge was not getting big lumps of paint on the paper after dipping the Lego in paint. We were required to have at least three shapes and use two colors. My city has a few different elements. I created skyscrapers as well as a rounded church in the center of my city. After the project was dry, I used a sharpie to add doors, windows, and clouds. There are also people walking into the church. 

Extension Activity: A great extension activity idea for this assignment would be to challenge the students to create the town they are going to school. The students would need to make elements like the grocery store, school, and any other small businesses. After creating their own Lego town, they would write a story based on their town. This incorporates both art and English into one lesson!